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Direct linkDahill-Brown, Sara E. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
"Education, Equity, and the States" examines how variations in state governance determine how federal initiatives are implemented and makes recommendations for approaching reform from this perspective. The book defines the key ways in which state policy environments differ from one another, illustrates how those differences matter, and…
Descriptors: Governance, Equal Education, State Government, Federal Programs
Dede, Chris, Ed.; Richards, John, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2012
The Digital Teaching Platform (DTP) brings the power of interactive technology to teaching and learning in classrooms. In this authoritative book, top researchers in the field of learning science and educational technology examine the current state of design and research on DTPs, the principles for evaluating them, and their likely evolution as a…
Descriptors: Technology Planning, State Standards, Educational Improvement, Educational Technology
National Academies Press, 2012
Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to solving many of humanity's most pressing current and future challenges. The United States' position in the global economy is declining, in part because U.S. workers lack fundamental knowledge in these fields. To address the critical issues of U.S.…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Alignment (Education)
National Academies Press, 2012
"Research Universities and the Future of America" presents critically important strategies for ensuring that our nation's research universities contribute strongly to America's prosperity, security, and national goals. Widely considered the best in the world, our nation's research universities today confront significant financial…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Technology Transfer, Private Financial Support, Student Diversity
Culver, Mary K. – Eye on Education, 2009
This book illustrates how the ideal of servant leadership can be applied in your school today. With real-life scenarios, discussions, and self assessments, this book gives practical suggestions to help you develop into a caring and effective servant leader. There are 52 scenarios in this book, focusing on situations as varied as: (1) Dealing with…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Leadership, Leadership Qualities, School Administration
Olson, Steve – National Academies Press, 2009
A strong chemical workforce in the United States will be essential to the ability to address many issues of societal concern in the future, including demand for renewable energy, more advanced materials, and more sophisticated pharmaceuticals. High school chemistry teachers have a critical role to play in engaging and supporting the chemical…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Outreach Programs, Scientific Literacy, High Schools
Ratcliffe, Martin J.A.; Harts, Melissa L. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
What turns a good school into a great school? With today's schools under enormous pressure to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), the answers are more important than ever--and this essential guidebook gives K-12 administrators and educators scores of proven, concrete strategies to help their school succeed. Authors Martin Ratcliffe and Melissa…
Descriptors: Expertise, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Rivlin, Alice M., Ed.; Timpane, P. Michael, Ed. – 1975
This book consists of nine articles prepared for a 1973 conference that considered the lessons of two federally funded compensatory education projects of the late 1960s, the Follow Through program and the Head Start Planned Variation program. Both were planned variation programs, under which local communities were invited to design, implement, and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Barnow, Burt S., Ed.; King, Christopher T., Ed. – 2000
This book, which is intended for policymakers, administrators, and researchers, contains 13 research papers and reviews of the literature on increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. The following papers are included: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market" (Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
